'Botched' star Terry Dubrow calls Ozempic 'a miracle' but says it takes 'all the joy of eating away'

• "Botched" star and plastic surgeon Terry Dubrow told Page Six that he tried Ozempic.

• Dubrow said the drug was "a miracle" but says it took "all the joy of eating away."

• He said he wanted to see what it's like if you're not diabetic and "only have 10-15 pounds to lose."

"Botched" star Terry Dubrow says he tried Ozempic but gave it up because it took "all the joy of eating away."

In a Page Six interview alongside costar Paul Nassif, the plastic surgeon says he gave the drug a go because he was curious about its effects.

"I thought it was amazing," Dubrow told Page Six senior TV reporter Evan Real. "I didn't have that much weight to lose but I wanted to try it because so many of my patients were on it, and I wanted to see what it was like when you're not diabetic and you only have 10-15 pounds to lose."

Dubrow — who is married to "The Real Housewives of Orange County" star Heather Dubrow — then added that he's a "huge fan" of Ozempic and even called it "the biggest breakthrough in medical history."

"I think it's a miracle," he added, per Page Six.

Although the slimming effects were good, Dubrow says he eventually stopped taking the drug because he missed having an appetite.

"It was kind of like, 'Well, I want to go on a food vacation,' meaning I want to be able to eat again because it really took my appetite and all the joy of eating away," Dubrow said.

Ozempic was initially developed to treat type 2 diabetes.

In 2021 the US Food and Drug Administration approved its active ingredient, semaglutide, to be used for weight management under the brand name Wegovy. Despite that, Ozempic has become the byword for semaglutide and other similar drugs that cause weight loss, regardless of the brand a person is taking.

The medication works by regulating hunger signals, allowing people to feel full while eating less.

However, it has side effects such as nausea, diarrhea, and constipation. Some patients also reported feeling disgusted by the foods they used to enjoy, while others said it made cigarettes taste "disgusting."

Dubrow did not immediately respond to a request for comment sent via Instagram outside regular business hours.

Correction: January 23, 2024 — An earlier version of this article misstated that Ozempic was approved for weight management. Wegovy's version of semaglutide was approved for weight management, but Ozempic's was not.

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